Lesson 4 of 10 · Mixing Colors
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Mixing Colors.
🎯 Your mission
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
⚡ The twist
Nature loves to surprise the careful watcher.
Mind = Blown
🔬 The more you look, the more nature shows you.
Make a hypothesis first
Before you start: write down what you think will happen, and why.
What You'll Learn
You can sort objects by color, size, shape, or what they are made of.
Key Words
Tap a word to see its definition.
Steps
Say the vocabulary words out loud. Can you repeat them?
Sort objects into groups: hard things and soft things.
What happened? Tell a grown-up what you noticed.
Tell a grown-up your favorite part of the activity.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What color do you get mixing red and yellow?
Where you see this in real life
This shows up in your everyday life more than you'd think.
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Try one experiment in real life this week — even a tiny one.
For the dinner table
“What's the most surprising thing you learned today?”
Next Smart Experiment
We'll pick an experiment that matches exactly how you're thinking right now.
Share this experiment
Send it to a parent who's looking for a 10-minute kitchen science win.
Ready?
Sort It Out!
Understand the idea. Then look for it everywhere.
Full screen — no distractions
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